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Sam R.

Embedded Systems Engineer | Hardware Product Design

Embedded systems engineer with hands-on experience across the full product stack — from hardware design and firmware to wireless connectivity and companion apps. I've built and shipped real products along with a variety of prototypes and proofs. **Core Skills:** • Microcontroller firmware (ARM Cortex-M, Nordic nRF series, STM32, ESP32) • Wireless stacks — Wi-Fi, BLE, sub-GHz • Network protocols - MQTT, CoAP, REST, HTTP • PCB design, schematic capture, and hardware bring-up • Mobile & wearable companion apps — iOS, watchOS, Garmin Connect IQ • IoT system integration — cloud connectivity, OTA Firmware, device management • Embedded Linux — Raspberry Pi, single-board compute, display pipelines I work best with startups and product teams who need an engineer that can own a problem end-to-end — from silicon to the app that talks to it.

🇺🇸Chicago, United States$70/hr100% JSS5.00 (2)Since May 2026

Earnings and projects

MRR
$5.1k

Last 6 months ÷ 5.6 months active (since May 2026)

World#5,160 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,739 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$1.7k

Last 6 months: $29k

World#25,037 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#4,745 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$29k

Billed in all: $30k

World#112,981 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#19,387 / 62.1k
Per project
$7.2k

$7.2k in the last 6 months

World#23,400 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#3,865 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
4
0% fixed100% hourly
World#51,816 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#7,181 / 62.1k
Projects in all
4
0% fixed100% hourly
World#283,744 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#40,819 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$30.5k+$1.7k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$28k$29k$30k$31kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: Top 2% in Raspberry Pi

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  2. #7LoRa193 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 4%
  3. #9Wireless Communication132 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 7%
  4. #10Firmware350 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 3%
  5. #11Raspberry Pi623 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #3Top 2%
  6. #14Microcontroller Programming535 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #3Top 3%
  7. #15Autodesk Fusion 360753 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #3Top 2%
  8. #16Bluetooth244 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 7%